Welcome, Diane. You certainly were. We're a bunch of folks who love seeing & researching old stuff, & don't get us started on our pets. You're...
When it comes to computer screens, I have tunnel vision & frequently miss anything shown off to the side, especially to my left. Thank you, Sir....
This may be yet another case that could benefit from having @Any Jewelry take a look.
Welcome, Milan Anton. Here's some help: https://www.antiquers.com/threads/posting-a-thread-and-uploading-pictures.15990/ Problem most new...
Agree completely. I ran through all the same thoughts. I was leaning toward ivory from the side views, but top/cross section doesn't look right...
Thank you, ma'am. The confusion is one of my pet peeves, but there seems little hope of ever eliminating it. I see it at all levels, from casual...
A replica of the lion in this pair by Isidore-Jules Bonheur, I believe:...
Nathan, what leads you to believe 19th c. English?
I was wondering whether that would still have a second meaning, the way Mallory would have used it.
He doesn't really look like Hanuman to me either, or not traditional presentations, H is just the only monkey god I know. Perhaps. Think he is...
If the other 3 monkeys see no evil, hear no evil, & speak no evil, what is it this guy doesn't do?
But can you trust it? It might be a plant!!!
I agree that the growth pattern looks more like bone than ivory.
Shell, probably from a member of the Cassis (helmet) family, which is the principal shell used for shell cameos. For a tutorial in distinguishing...
Day of the Grateful Dead? :joyful:
Hanuman is of course the first thought, but eager to hear AJ's explication.
I see them as 4 dogs all together, sort of yoked in pairs. If they are hollow, I suppose the felt is covering the opening. Awesome work, Sabre.
If you have the skills to repair it yourself, then you bought yourself a good quality make-your-own-kaleidoscope kit. Hope the mirrors only need...
Looks like someone drained the swamp. Love it!
Hello Shannon. Janice Chesnik & her daughter Sheryl Koch began making 2-wheel stained glass kaleidoscopes like this, starting in the 1980s, but...
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